Bottle holder



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BOTTLE HOLDER Filed July 5, 19.38

4 fldaA.H0ruegeZ INVE TOR ATTO RN EYS Patented Apr. 2, 1940 BOTTLEHOLDER Ada A. Hocruegel, Bellingham, Wash.

Application July 5, 1938, Serial No. 217,577

1 Claim.

This invention relates to bottle holders, and its general object is toprovide a holder that is primarily designed for a milk bottle, tosupport and clamp the same in a manner whereby casual removal ordisplacement therefrom is practically impossible, yet the bottle can bemanually applied and removed with minimum effort.

A further object is to provide a bottle holder that can be suspendedfrom a nail or the like driven in anysuitable supporting means, and theholder includes means for receiving the base of the bottle as well asbottle neck gripping means, the latter being adjustable to fit necks ofbottles of various sizes.

Another object is to provide a bottle holder that I is simple inconstruction, inexpensive to manufacture and extremely eflicient in useand service.

This invention also consists in certain other features of constructionand in the combination and arrangement of the severalparts, to behereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing andspecifically pointed out in the appended claim.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to theaccompanying drawing wherein like characters denote like orcorresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which:

Figure 1 is a front view of the bottle holder which forms the subjectmatter of the present invention, and illustrates the same in use.

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken approximately on line 2-2 of Figure1, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken approximately on line 33 of Figure 1,looking in the direction of the arrows.

Figure 4 is a sectional view taken approximately on line 4-4 of Figure2, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Referring to the drawing in detail, it will be noted that my holdercomprises a reticulated lower portion in the form of a circular basketthat includes an upper ring member I, a bottom 2 and side portions 3,the bottom and side portions being made of strands of wire bent toprovide horizontal portions crossing each other and vertical portionsrising from the ends of the horizontal portions, with the upper ends ofthe vertical portions terminating in eyes. looped about and secured tothe ring member, as best shown in Figure 3. The basket has connectedthereto an elongated hanger bracket that is made up of a single strandof wire shaped to provide vertical parallel portions 4 and bentsubstantially at right angles at the lower ends of the portions 4, andthence extends in rounded formation to provide the major portion of thering member 2, consequently it will be seen that the hanger bracket andbasket are integrally connected to provide a strong and sturdyconstruction. Bridging the rear ends of the rounded portion is anarcuate cross strand 5 that terminates in eyes looped about the rearends, to provide the remaining portion of the ring member, as will beapparent upon inspection of Figure 3.

The bracket strand from the upper ends of the parallel vertical portions4 extend into converging portions 6 that terminate at the upper ends ina looped portion 1 that provides an elongated eye to be received by anail or other like means driven into any suitable supporting means, forsuspending the holder therefrom, as clearly shown in Figures 1 and 2.

The neck receiving and gripping means of my holder includes an arcuatestrip 8 preferably of resilient metal bridging the parallel portions 4and terminating in sleeves 9 fixed to the parallel portions at the upperends thereof. Riveted or otherwise secured to the center of the strip 8is the bight portion of a substantially U-shaped clamp ID that extendsforwardly from the strip 8 to overlie the basket, as best shown inFigure 2, and it will be obvious that the clamp Ill is made fromresilient metal so as to set up a gripping action with the neck of abottle seated in the basket. The outer ends of the arms of the U- shapedclamp are beaded and outwardly flared, as best shown in Figure 4 tofacilitate the applicat on of a bottle to the clamp, and due to theresiliency of the clamp, it is self-adjustable to fit bottle necks ofvarious sizes.

From the above description and disclosure of the drawing, it will beobvious that I have provided a bottle holder which can be suspended fromany suitable supporting means by the use of a nail or the like, forsupporting a bottle out of the reach of children, as well as animals,therefore a bottle of milk can be retained by my holder in a clean andsanitary condition and without fear of casual removal or displacement ofthe bottle therefrom.

It is thought from the foregoing description that the advantages andnovel features of the invention will be readily apparent.

It is to be understood that changes may be made in the construction andin the combination and arrangement of the several parts, provided thatsuch changes fall within the scope of the appended claim.

What I claim is: 1 A bottle holder comprising a basket for receiving thebottom portion of a milk bottle and ineluding an upper ring member,strands of wire bent to provide the bottom and vertical portions of saidbasket and secured at their upper ends to said ring member, a hangerbracket formed from a single strand of wire shaped to provide verticallyarranged spaced parallel portions and bent at the lower ends of theparallel portions at substantially right angles thereto for disposal inrounded formation to provide the major portion of said ring member, anarcuate strand of wire bridging and secured to the rear ends of saidrounded portion for disposal in the same plane with the latter tocomplete said ring member, said single strand of wire being bent at theupper ends of the parallel portions to provide converging portionsrising from the parallel portions, said single strand being further bentat the upper ends of the converging portions to provide an uprightlooped portion for receiving means for suspending the holder in positionfor use, an arcuate strip of metal formed to provide sleeves at itsends, said sleeves being secured to the parallel portions at the upperends thereof for the disposal of said strip forwardly from the parallelportions, and a resilient substantially U-shaped clamp secured to saidstrip midway the ends thereof and overlying the basket to receive theneck of the bottle.

ADA A. HOERUEGEL.

